NGC869 and NGC884 - the Double Cluster

  
 
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  • RA: 2:21
  • Dec: 57:15
  • Magnitude: 5.8
  • Size:  14'
  • Distance: 6000 ly
  • Constellation:  Perseus

 
  • Scope: Orion ED80 at f/7
  • Autoguider:  ST-4 in faint mode
  • Sky conditions:  good transparency and seeing
  • Camera: Hap Griffin modified Canon 350XT ISO800
  • Exposure:  10 X 2 minutes
  • Date:  July 16, 2007

 

 

    
 
Comments:  This was first light on a Hap Griffin modified Canon 350XT and second light (for photography) with the Orion ED80. I had a late start in the evening and didn't start shooting until 0100. The night started clear but high thin clouds rolled in around 0200. The clouds really limited how much time I could spend on any one object. Camera and scope worked fine just nature failed a bit.